| White-toothed brush mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Brassomys Musser & Lunde, 2009[2] |
| Species: | B. albidens |
| Binomial name | |
| Brassomys albidens (Tate, 1951) | |
Thewhite-toothed brush mouse (Brassomys albidens), also known as thewhite-toothed melomys orwhite-toothed mouse, is a species ofrodent in the familyMuridae.[2] It is found only inWest Papua,Indonesia.[2][1] It is the only species in genusBrassomys.[2] Its naturalhabitats are subtropical or tropical dryforests and subtropical or tropical dry lowlandgrassland.
The species was initially described in genusMelomys, but was then placed in the genusCoccymys.[3]
